Michael Riley
untitled (cow) 2000
from the cloud series 2000
inkjet print
84.0 x 120.0 cm (image) 118.0 x 141.0 cm (framed)
ed. 2/10
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Linda Herd and donors to the 2020 NGV Annual Appeal, 2020
2020.181
© Michael Riley/Copyright Agency, 2023
Collection

Selected NGV acquisitions – October 2020

Celebrating a selection of the NGV’s most recent acquisitions which we welcome into the Collection as a result of the incredible generosity of the NGV community.

Battleground (Always was never will be) and Battleground (Civil lies)

Jason Wing
Battleground (Always was never will be) and Battleground (Civil lies) 2020
rusted steel, deep etch primer, enamel paint, sealant
120.0 x 45.0 x 6.0 cm (each)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2020
Image courtesy of Artereal. Photo: Zan Wimberley
© Jason Wing, Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia

Ancestral Memory ii

Maree Clarke​​
Ancestral Memory ii 2019 ​​​​
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased by Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2020​
© Maree Clarke
Image courtesy The Ian Potter Museum of Art
Advance Australia Not Fair

Kait James​
Advance Australia Not Fair 2019​
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased by Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2020​
© Kait James​
Untitled (cow)

Michael Riley​​
Untitled (cow) 2000
from the cloud series 2000
​​National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Linda Herd and donors to the 2020 NGV Annual Appeal, 2020
​© Michael Riley/ Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
She-oak and sunlight

Tom Roberts
She-oak and sunlight 1889​
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Jean Margaret Williams Bequest, K. M. Christensen and A. E. Bond Bequest, Eleanor M. Borrow Bequest, The Thomas Rubie Purcell and Olive Esma Purcell Trust and Warren Clark Bequest, 2019​
The three Marys at the sepulchre

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli
The three Marys at the sepulchre c. 1641​
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
From the Collection of James O Fairfax AC. Presented by Bridgestar Pty Ltd through the Australian Government’s Cultural​Gifts Program, 2020​
Bottlebrushes

Grace Cossington-Smith
Bottlebrushes 1935​
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Andrée Fay Harkness through the cultural gifts program 2020​
© Estate of Grace Cossington Smith
Six Lithographs by Goncharova to Verses by Churilin: Springtime after Death

Natalia Goncharova​
Six Lithographs by Goncharova to Verses by Churilin: Springtime after Death 1912​
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Donation through the Cultural Gifts Program by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family, 2020
Blue and white

Elizabeth Keith​
Blue and white 1925​
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by an anonymous donor, 2020
© the artist’s estate
Z-Play

Zaha Hadid (designer)​; Sawaya & Moroni (manufacturer)​
Z-Play 2002​
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Andrew Lowe and Jacqueline Foti-Lowe, 2020
© Zaha Hadid Foundation
Image courtesy Sawaya & Moroni